Hawaii Tribune-Herald

High school baseball: Waiakea’s Rosario soaks in Gatorade Hawaii player of year honor

May. 22, 2020

It’s nearly impossible to get a curveball past Kala’i Rosario, who hits sneaky questions out of the park.

Statewide COVID totals drop to 642 after updated testing information; no new cases

May. 22, 2020 • Updated 12:08 p.m.

The statewide total of COVID-19 cases has dropped today as the Department of Health removed several cases based on updated testing information.

COVID-19 by the numbers: U.S. death toll surpasses 95,000

May. 22, 2020 • Updated 11:20 a.m.

More than 95,000 people in the United States have died to due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tennis: Kunimoto didn’t know the first thing about Idaho State before visiting – now she’s a proud Bengal

May. 22, 2020

Idaho State is far from Hilo, but Keilyn Kunimoto found a comfortable fit and signed with the Bengals.

CIP funds slated for Hilo medical facilities

May. 22, 2020

A capital improvement project budget passed Thursday by the state Legislature includes funding for Hilo Medical Center’s Cardiac Center and the Hawaii Pacific Oncology Center.

Lawmakers recess after addressing budget shortfall

May. 22, 2020

HONOLULU — State lawmakers on Thursday recessed after passing multiple funding bills designed to cope with the shock of the coronavirus pandemic that has hammered the state’s tourism-dependent economy.

Police arrest 4 and cite 11 for stay-at-home violations, 3 visitor quarantine cases initiated

May. 22, 2020

During the week spanning May 13-19, Hawaii Police Department officers made four arrests and issued 11 citations for alleged violations of Gov. David Ige’s emergency stay-at-home order related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virus cases identified in Hilo, South Kona

May. 22, 2020

Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday — three on the Big Island, the other on Maui.

Council finds money for golf, contingency funds in tight budget

May. 22, 2020

Fees for sewers and rubbish disposal will continue to increase, taxes could rise for luxury second homes and services will be cut countywide, but County Council members still found room in the budget Thursday to add another $565,000 for their contingency accounts and golf subsidies.

Kim outlines uses for CARES funds

May. 22, 2020

How would you spend $80 million?

Ige mulls lifting quarantine for interisland travel

May. 22, 2020

Gov. David Ige said Thursday he’s considering lifting the 14-day mandatory quarantine currently in place for interisland air travelers, saying “measures are pointing in the right direction to make this move.”

Regents delay action on new Maunakea proposal

May. 22, 2020

The University of Hawaii Board of Regents voted Thursday to postpone discussion of a new internal management structure for Maunakea governance until June.

San Buenaventura to seek Ruderman’s state Senate seat

May. 22, 2020

State Rep. Joy San Buenaventura of Puna will seek the 2nd District Senate seat currently held by Russell Ruderman, who on Wednesday announced he would not run for re-election.

Schools will need help to recover

May. 22, 2020

In the age of COVID-19, many U.S. states are facing unprecedented budget crises. If unchecked, these will lead to funding cuts that devastate public education, leave students less prepared for the future and weaken state economies that depend on a well-educated workforce.

Your Views for May 22

May. 22, 2020

Response to Hong

A crowd in space: Tens of thousands of satellites planned for orbit

May. 22, 2020

Space, that final frontier, could become very crowded very soon.

ONLINE EXTRA: Pandemic politics: Maskless Trump tours Michigan Ford plant

May. 22, 2020 • Updated 9:05 p.m.

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Pandemic politics shadowed President Donald Trump’s trip to Michigan on Thursday as he highlighted lifesaving medical devices, with the president and officials from the electoral battleground state clashing over federal aid, mail-in ballots and face masks.

ONLINE EXTRA: FBI says Texas naval base shooting is ‘terrorism-related’

May. 22, 2020 • Updated 9:05 p.m.

A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to why.

State briefs for May 22

May. 22, 2020

A brief look at other news from throughout the state.

Coronavirus-triggered layoffs in US hit nearly 39 million

May. 22, 2020

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the two months since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. has swelled to nearly 39 million, the government reported Thursday, even as states from coast to coast gradually reopen their economies and let people go back to work.

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